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Atlanta Georgian and News
vol. v. no. m
ATLANTA, GA^ MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1907.
JEROME BLOCKS DELMAS’ EFFORTS
TO HAVE EVELYN THAW TELL
OF HUSBAND’S FEAR OF DEATH
Avalanche of Objec
tions Sustained by
Judge Fitzgerald.,
•BLACKGUARD” NOTE
BECOMES EVIDENCE
law's Will Is Also Admit
ml as Part of Record
in Case.
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3 he USE8 THAW CASE O
A8 TEXT FOR SERMON O
o
0 i'.Hshunr. Pn„ Feb. 11.—Taking O
0 fl.t hi. topic. 'Tile Bleeelnge and O
0 furs,-, of Wealth and Home." the O
0 Rev. l)r. C, XV. Blodgett, at the O
3 .\orrh Avenue Methodist Epleco- O
g j.ii ihurch, one of the largest In O
0 Xlegheny City, preached a moot O
o ..nruMonal sermon yesterday, clt- O
3 inc i lie Thaw cane on trial now O
0 ttt Sew York, and urging It an a O
0 u 3ruing In the rearing of children. O
0 lit .ild no higher virtue should O
0 ;>.• 'leotarded of women than of O
0 men. The name code of ethlca O
0 should apply to both.
Washington, Feb. 11.—Presi-
ilfiit Roosevelt has requested
Postmaster General Cortelyou to
ascertain if there is any way to
prohibit the use of the mails to
those newspapers publishing full
details of the Thsw case.
See York, Feb. 11.—White the een-
uilnnal will of Harry K. Thaw woe be-
nur offered In evidence today, a mys
terious woman, with a baby, was ush
er ] Into the witness room. She had
. dihrcna for herself and baby. She
*u poorly dressed and concealed her
7iee behind a heavy veil. If was un-
iirntnod that the baby was to play an
Important part tn tbs defense of Thaw.
The mysterious woman was said to
Itsvr been a friend of White a short
time ago, and that the killing of the
<irtill-el left her destitute. Counsel
lor Thaw declined lo discuss the Iden
tity «r the woman or the child.
Otlmas Changes Program.
_ -"nr! a.llfiumed this afternoon at Urn
raciest of luiwyer Delmas In older
that lie hit it lit have time tn prepare ex
pert testimony, the lack of which
*ausnl most of hla durations to lie
ruled cm this morning.
Than', attorneys held a conference,
presumably concerning the new line of
testimony tielng forced on them by the
ruling out much testimony today on
technical objections by the prosecution.
It Is said Delmas will put Insanity
etpeits on the stand this afternoon.
No Holiday for Court.
Despite the fact tmorrow Is Lin
kin'* birthday, the trial of Thaw will
'"nilmi.' as usual. As both sldss
jnxl'.u' to finish os quickly as posxl-.
ole the Jurors equally so—Justice
hi has expressed his willing-
IIS PULPIT
Sudden Attack of
Heart Failure While
Preaching.
CONDITION SERIOUS
MONDAY MORNING
Deacons Rushed to Aid Pas
tor as Bible Kell From
His Hands.
JUST LIKE A FAIRY TALE;
TWOORPHANSIN HOMES
HEIRS TO SWISS ESTATE
Father Was a Soldier
Who Never Returned
From War.
. — LAWYER DELPHJNE DELMAS . - „
-■-iMr. Dolma.* has ospturMfdNaw - msitertv msmisr «f
handling ths cats of Harry K. Thaw. Thia'pictura it from a snagthst
of Mr. Delmas as Ha is abouttto entar ths osurt.
ALL WOMEN ARE BARRED
FROM TRIAL OF THAW
F’ltlKi-i
.-it.
Thl- i* the first time In many year*
tnp criminal court* have proceeded in
a bur nn a holiday, but In previous
tautunce- there wore Saturday aesslon*.
With the ruling that Evelyn Nesblt
alaw can not tell of further dlacloa-
which tended to Inflame Thaw
»«• probably disappear* from the wlt-
"Lind for perhaps a week.
The move now will be to produce the
Hld-r.re of Thaw's pecullaiittes and
Jcentitieiies. This may bring on the
-2»nesd stand very soon Thaw's aged
■ ft figure as heroic and as piti-
* v the frail glrl-wlfe herself—the
11rod woman, with her own
nverlng In the horrible fear of
ful death that overshadows her
fleoh ■
Ti e first witness of the day was John
utnniNiin Lyon, vice president of the
Ini n National bank, of Pittsburg.
vjii»-»ti"ncd by Attorney Delma.s Ly-
jn •..il l he had lived all his life In
n.t-hiiri» H*» ia vice president of the
National Hank. He knew Harry
Th.v.x
. Q I*: i
f >r H.
Dhj..
lo kn..
ever transact business
• v K. Thaw? *
'••I to by Jerome, who wanted
h ov the testimony of the wit*
s relevant.
To Provs Thaw's Will.
"dl prove that the will and
d* n d in evidence Is the same
' existed for some time to the
** '»t this man." said Lawyer
'•'•island that the offer of the
' Friday was ruled out on some
1 LJei tions." said Justice Fit*.
understood then that there
hrit shown, before the wtil
the existence of any un*
A'lltion of the defendant's
an
said Mr. Delmas," pre-
my mind tn this way:
• 'lm >ny hu* been offered
•■how that the defendant’s
! ‘ s ; *t Hie time Indicated that
l unbalanced mind. This. I
•I- a sufficient foundation
' ! ";.ii.m Ui the will
district attorney Insists
it necessary to prove In-
time of the making of
also at the time of the
Only Members of Gentler Sex Admitted to
.Courtroom Are Special Writers For
Gotham Newspapers.
New York. Kcb. 11.—Harry Thaw
was prompted t«* slay Stanford While
purely through J« a lousy, according h
the district attorney. Mr. Jerome will
make this contention In battling
against the denfensc of emotional In
sanity now IteiitK set forth by Law
yer Delmas. It \u.s nnounced today.
Mr. Jerome will pr« duce Insanity ex-
perts who will testify that wh-n jeal
ousy gets hold of a man no
tlon can dominate him.
theory ns a Ik sis. Hie pn
conttiitn
sons ft
other ©mn-
Wlilt this
itCUtor wfQ
ting that Thaw's tea-
unfounded.
Jerome Examines Witnesses.
The prosecutor *P« 1,1 most of yester
day examining wltnesea t
gers street home. Home o
persons whose names
r his Rut-
( these were
re given out
by Mrs. Tlmw nn lh" wlinoex stand.
Mr. J*rome would not nlvulRc their
Identification, but sr.ld Maxle 1’ollette
had been found and that she
on hand when wanted.
He hopes- Jo prove *hro;;
young woman and nth* i > n<
that he had no reason to ue .
i u Id be
hU wife after their n.arrlape. Thaw
was In an excellent mood when he
awakened today. He ate a hearty
breakfast, read the morning papers and
then mude preparations to go to the
court room. If the ordeal was telling
on him, his fact did not betray his
feci Inga.
Many Womsn Barred.
The prisoner's lawyers are deter
mined to get his wls In evidence and
they are preparing to meet every move
that the district attorney might make
to prevent It.
Fully two scor* of women, who ar
rived at the criminal -ourt building
long before ft o'clock this morning, ap
peared to be greatly offended when
they learned that their efforts to get
Into the court room would avail them
nothing, owing to the dlagraceful
scenes which matked Friday's session,
Justice Flttgnrold Issued nn order bur.
ring all women—save those In a Jour
nalistic capacity—from the trial. He al-
- ordered the exclusion of all worn-
i witnesses until they ar© wanted.
The Jurors walked from the Broad
way Central hotel to the court They
all seemed to be In the beet of health.
LIQUOR CRAZED INDIANS
TERRORIZING CITIZENS
Dr. A. C. Ward «ai ilrUkcn with
heart failure Bunday morning while
preaching to an Immense congregation
at the Temple Baptlat cliurrh.
Two deacons of the church notice.) the
look of pallor which spread ovrr the
face of the mlnleter, eaw a glaaay "turn
come Into hie eyee, and ax the Bible,
from which he wee reeding the Scrip
ture lexxon, fell from hi* hand., they
ruxhed to the pulpit and enught him
ax he ewayed and fell.
He wax unrontcloux. He wax kept
In hlx chair for a few minute, end
wax then taken to hlx home on Mun-
gun, xtreet. Juxt a few doorx away
from the church. BerVleex were con
Unucd by Rev. J. H. Crumley
Monday morning Dr. Ward wox re
ported ae nn better, and hlx condition
may be eerloua.
The entire family of Dr. Ward, a
wife, three daughtere and one eon. are
at the bedside.
Dr. Ward hax been prominently con
nected with r*llglnttx work in thlx city.
He built up the Temple Baptlat church
and hax a large congregation. He I*
the dean of Baptlat mlnlxterx In At
lanta, having been here thirteen years.
Dr. Ward wax not feeling well Hal
it rday, but he Inxlxted on preaching to
hla congregation Sunday morning. Spe
cial prayer for the restoration of the
health of the afflicted minister wax of
fered by Rev. J. F. Purser at the At
lanta Raptlst Mlnlxterx' conference
Monday morning.—
Front orphan homes to a rich exlat
in Hwltstrtand.
Thlx le the happy turn In the lives
of llllle George and Ella’ Smith, who
have lived from Infancy without par-
enlx and beyond the aid of relullyee.
It lx a pecuHar case, one of the kind
which turns up every now and thru to
muke life sweet for those who have
tasted long of the bitter.
(leorge Smith was an enlisted man In
company C, Fifth regiment. United
Hunts Infantry, when ihut regiment
whs stationed at Fort McPherson be
fore the fepanlsh-American war. He
fell In, love with and married Miss
Muntlo Baumann, a native of Hwltaer-
land.
Two little children wore (torn lo the
couplet a boy. Oeorge, and a girl, Ella.
The children were mile lota when the
Fifth waa aent to ihe Philippines. R
lx one of the cruel necetxlllaa of war
that one of the sacrifices of the sol
dier muxt be the separailon from fam
ily. and so Bntlili perforce bade hlx
wife end children farewell.
That wax the last ever heard of Sol
dier Oeorge Bmllh. Whether he died
a natural death or fell a victim of a
guerilla's bullet Is not known; In fact.
It lx not known positively that he lx
dead. Not long after he left, hlx wife
pasted away.
A few days ngo. Mayor Joyner re
celved a teller front Emil Hohn, Hwlee
consul at New urleans. Imparting the
Information I hat c largo Inheritance In
Bwtiaerland hud I teen left the two cbll-
GET 125,000
dren, and nxkitqr that active search be
made for them. II was the belief of the
consul that they had been placed In a
Rob Russian Govern
ment Messenger in
Street of Moscow.
Florence Padgett
Missing From
Her Home.
Is
(U. Petersburg. Feb. 11.—A dispatch
from Moscow says that while on hlx
way to a bonk today a messenger be
longing to the government spirit depot
waa held up by ten armed men and
robbed of tSS.600.
The highwaymen In their flight
dropped a bag containing <3,1000, b
got away with the balance.
charitable Institution In Atlanta.
Mayor Joyner wrote letters to every
orphsnage In Atlanta and this section
of the country, Inquiring If the two
children, or either of them, were, or
had been there. r
Through Father Bain. It wax learned
thut the little boy lx In the Catholic
orphanage In Washington, Wilkes
uuntj, Georgia. The little girl, Ella,
It was axsertalned, lx In BL Marys, the
orphanage In Savannah.
Catholic
Both are halt and hearty, knowing
little of Ihe romance of their lives and
at that happy age where they care lees
whet Is awaiting them—whether Ihe
life-battle of the streets, or the rich ee.
tale of Bwltserland.
Mayor Joyner Is awaiting further od-
Ice from the ootuul.
PRESIDENT JONES
MAY RESIGN PLACE
PUBLIC NOT BARRED
FROM HEARING Of
THE SHIPP CASES
O
8 LOOKS LIKE SPRING TIME Q
DOWN IN GEORGIA. O
O O
• evidence that It can do the
five
right
O thtnir In a weather way. In aptte O
Oof
Its unsavory reputation along O
O that line. Bunday was Ideal. O
O bringing out thousands to luxu- Q
sunshine.
O And It will Ik* almost ns good O
O yet a while. Here Is the forecast: O
O "Fair .Monday night and Tues- O
O day, with no material change In O
O temperature." O
O Temperatures Monday: Q
O 7 o'clock a. m S3 degrees O
O 8 <
O 9 o'clock a m 36 degrees .
O >n o'clock a. m. 38 degrees O
O 11 o'clock a. in 39 degrees O
O 13 o'clock noon 41 degrees O
('clock p. m 43 degrees O
•'clock p. in 46 degrees O
O O
QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQQ
Bullets Came
From the Town,
Says Sergeant
„ will hold gpetfal W Tbs Gsergffti.
an^ Important mantfn* Tuesday after-_ Chattanooga. .Team., tab. 11.-Prep-
THEATRICAL MAN
IS SUSPECTED
‘The Vagabond Child"
Company on Road—Girl
Disappeared at Same
Time. . 1
Declaring that hsr It-year-old
daughter, hsr only support, has basn
kidnaped and lured away from borne
to lead a life on the stage. Mrs. E. R.
Padgett, of to Plum street, swore out a
warrant Monday for the arrest of F.
D. Miller, charging Mm with the crime.
Until last Thursday Miller was stop
ping at 6? Walton street, and It la-
claimed by Mrs. Padgett that he wot
preparing to put a show called "The
.Vegahnnd. Child" an the mad and was -
getting together a company.
Bite declares that he enticed her
daughter, Florence, from her work In
tho Austell building and Induced her to
Join hie show end go on the stage. Mrs.
Padgett i
declares that she warned Mil
ler to leave her daughter alone and not
Interfere with her, but she aaye he Ig
nored tbia end continued to i
Bo on Thursday the daughter dliap-
- e girl
peered and Mrs. Padgett saye the i
has gone with Miller and his show.
Sho swore out a warrant for Miller's
arrest end It le now In the hands of Ihe
Fulton county officials to be' served.
and her daughter.
xhtftaTHlSStaSSj
It In stated on very good authority
the' President Sam P. Jones will not
stand for re-electtoo, which will neces
sitate the selection of a new head of
the bureau.
OfilLE MAH GRAS
ATTRACTS THOUSANDS
TO CITY ON THE GOLF
k|NM<lnl to The UrorKkin.
MoMIf. Ala., Kelt. 11.—Will, the lnr*ent
attciidiiiifD of vlHlIom In thr liintory of
Mlo Miit'll (iraa, the carnival acaaou I*
it I n m lii »i»riieat her© till* cvenln*. with
the triumphal entrance of Fell* III am)
hla royal court. Thera are over a).<W> via
Horn priwnt and the crowd la *welllox*wtth
•ration* ar be In* made thia afternoon
to aummon wltaeaaaa In the famous
Sheriff J. F. Shipp contempt case*
the hearing of which will begin at 10
o'clock tomorrow mornltif.
Hon. James D. Maher, special United
Mtatea commissioner, who will hear the
cases; Hon. E. T. Sanford, of Knox-
yWr.. am attorney general* and
Hon. J. R. Penland. United States dis
trict attorney, of Knoxville, will exam-
Ine the witnesses for the government.
Many witnesses for the government
are scattered and Paul Pool, one of
the alleged lynchers. Is a fugitive from
Justice, never having been arrested.
No one will be barred from the hear
ing.
urrlvnl of train anil Imhii
lie parnilc of the pageant* lieglii*
day iitclu, with an elalwrate |>r*
floats by the Mouday _
ins*ker* of “Hcasons and holiday*." It I*
t tin* highest conception*
ini*
pi* ill.
CS
Indians from the 8t. Regis reservation, crated
!n> war path and arc terrorising the people of
,i few miles away.
DIES OF BROKEN HEART;
DESERTED BY HUSBAND
To Show by Documsnts.
"i;ty permit undvr ths law
"■n of on* clan of evl-
•ti.illy that the other class
trek, "ii lil« way tack home. Wilson tit-
...rl".i Ills "'If*', scconlln* m thr ststcmxst
initdi' l.v Mrs. Wllaon on her death lied,
mid Inking practically *11 the money ahe
Imil left, to Join (he nurse whom he raid
lie lovetl Im*i> t.
Mrr. \YII*on. sfter consulting s lawyer,
‘ luwpf '
grew III.
cut to the
Hal, and death
The n-tierc:ri>fmt* of (be hwtwmd hr on
knot* n. mul the IhmIjp Is tielng held for rela
tive* In Ihe North.
E'op" With W.IV. SI*£ iiUf
of abandonment and abduc-
F* b
•" Psgs Thrts.
ir.m.
I6»yr
nraorth Miret. 1^* Higgins Saamt Batter.
with hi* wife's j mean. N. Y., Feb. II.—Kx-Governor
M isx jDutia Rima. j Hlgglns.'whQ apant a rather
• liwr
iima ou 1 yesterday, la a trlfla betur
t poor
today.
day
Washington. Feb. 11.—Flrat Sergeant
Mingo Bandars, of B romiMny, Twen
ty-fifth (colored) regiment, waa before
the senate military committee today
Banders was at El Caney nnil In the
fighting about Hanttago and was In
service In the Philippines for three
years
A renuirl able feature of Sanders
testimony was that he declared when
he ran from his quartern toward B bnr*
racks thr firing waa going on and
bullets were whlsxtng over his head
from the dnectlon of the town and to
ward the hospital. He add he could
detect Hprlngflelds.
It seems likely that a sub-cnnimlt
tee of ihe senate military affair com
mittee will bo sent to Brownsville, Tex.,
next summer to look Into the evidence
obtainable there respecting the shoot
Ing on the night of August IS.
it rlrlc
Public r. « HtfuUli.a
itieen In the presence "f tln»n*i»ri‘
Imd st Bienville snnsre. follow
r a coronation and nunaiuc ball at nlslit
Tm-htim. Msrdl Ores dsjr. will in* given
of tin*
FAIRCHILD BACK
TO UNDERGO TRIAL
New York. Feb. 11.—Charles Fair-
child. former secretary' of the treas
ury and Inter connected with the Unit
ed Htates Trust Company, who waa
under Indictment for complicity for
Insurance frauds, returned to New Totl;
today aboard the steamer t'edrlc.
OPERATORS PROTEST
AGAINST CLOWRY
t?4i.ngp. lYii. IL iiperntorn fMiiplojc'l Vv
the Western fnlon. M*» strong, held • »net?|.
lug oft he t'oumie re In I Telegraphers union
yesterday and took a«-llou watch mny lend
strike In the Western Union office In
' Among the operator* an* • n*tn1x*i
IlcRoIntlou* which w# ......
Prealdtnt Howry rcrwuiatty of
dov n n petition sailing far a 10 per i*
. Individual inaakeni and Ilf purndi
Kilo Micletle* by dar and nlghr.
|.i trinil dlaploy and derurntlnna «*:
it are of the Most lavish nature.
. noon the fnr-famed knight* <d
o III present "Kortunlo uml Her
Gifted Hervnata."
WILL DECIDE SITE
FOR NEXT STATE FAIR
A xcxlon of the exwutlve rommlllee
.if i hi- Oe.irgla Affrli-ultural Boclely will
be held In Atlanta next Wednexdiiy
inomlnK at 1# o'clock at Ihe Armen
hotel. Thlx will be a very Important
meeilnK of thlx committee and about
fifty member* are expected. •
Thlx lx the ffrxt time the rommlllee
hax held n theetlntt In Atlanta and llx
hung.- of meeting plxre lx regurded ax
Is-iijlh.int
. It lx likely that the
niltlee will take up the mnIter of ee-
leetIng a rlly for h.ddlng the next
Georgia Slate Fair.
INTRODUCE WHITE
TD EVELYN NESBIT?
If roporu scatter*! over tho county
Hundny night are true. Miss Edna
Goodrich, Nat Goodwin's leading Iftdy
at tho Gram! Monday night. Iutn>dured
Evelyn Nesblt Thaw to Htnnford White.
Juat think!
If that U true she Is the cause of
It all.
But Mis* Goodrich's maid didn’t
know whether or not It wca true. Miss
Goodrich wasn't up. The maid said ahe
generally slept until 1 o'clock. But the
timid didn't know the pretty Evelyn.
Neither did she know Stanford White
before Harry Kendall Tliaw'e fatal bul
lets rang down the curtain In his life,
.Neither did the mold know whether
»r not Miss Goodrich'* press agent sent
till fiw* (Inrv *
over the fflrl'a <Hxapi>-amnce. Hhe haa
tour little children and It waa upon
Florence ihe depended to help aupport
“If you have any eympathy,"
xald, “for a widowed a
y sympathy, an«
and heart-broken
ter and punleh the man who hns 1
naped her." . nn
Mrs. Padgett xayx Miller had an ad
in a Bimdnv piper R»r -
■how.
ELEVEN COAL BARGES
SUNN IN COLLISION
AT MEMPHIS WHARF
Mcmphle, Tenn.. Feb.
barges of coal, valued al IlO.oec, were
sunk lure early this morning In a col-
coal licet at the
foot of
kargrx. cn route from Louisville to I
Orleans, became unmanageable and
crush.•<! Into the boats mooted at tha
wharf, sinking one of theos and three
Ilf ner own. The Bpraffue, from Louis
ville to New Orleans, towing fifty
barges several hours later, hit this
tame licet and loet seven of her barxee,
the taw belnff cut In two.
NEGRO CONFESSES
EXPRESS ROBBERY
•peelxl to The Georgian. i
Chattanooga, Tenn.. Feb. 11.—The of
fice of the Southern Express Company
In thlx city has been robbed, of a
package containing ll.OfO. and Paul
(Olivers, a negro employee, has been
arrested nnd confessed lo the theft, but
refuses to tell where the money to.
>ut the story.
Hut Ihe story will probably All the
Grand, where Mlxx Goodrh h is to play.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION
IB KILLED IN HOUSE.
JACK BARRYMORE WON'T
BE A WILLING WITNESS
1*0laud Fprings. Me.. Feb II.—"Jack"
Barrymore. Ihe actor, wanted ita n wit
ness In Ihe Thaw cose, broken In
firartr. and utmost a nervous wreck,
taken r.aims at the ManxI.mi home
lor an indefinite period. He declares
Ing exiled XX n witness In the
' "lie declined lo afllrm or deny the
iruih of Mrs. Evelvn Nesblt Thaw's
testimony relative lo hla proposal of
marriage to her. He nays he will not
voluntarily be a witness la the cnee.
Mprrlni In The (Avorglst).
Columbia, H. U, F**b. II.—Tho hnu*©
ihl* morning killed the bill appro-
prtailnK 165.000 for n new Industrial
school nt Florence. The bill provided
that the Amount mas to be |>ald back
In live yearly installment!*. -
The vote ivms 50 to 43.
WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
YOUNG MAN FOUI
ND DEAD.
Special to The Oeorgtxe.
Montgomery. AM.. Feb. IL—In a
lonely spot In the <oUlhw*etarn portion
of the city Runday morplng the body
of John Findley; a well-known young
men. wes found, where he had been
murdered by hie throat having been
ut from ear ta-eV- . ' '
^rlijie was evidently that of a
lay had mooey and that hla
were, turned Inside out Indicate that
robbery .wax a partial motive for tho
crime.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
ARE TO BE PUBLISHED IN
IHE GEORGIAN AND NEW'S
Thr shm Iff of Fulton county ha* aeon fit lo take Iseua wllh Thr O*or-
glan and NciVh U|s»n the |»olnf of thr. suapenslon of .Tho Atlanta
The sheriff claim* that The New* ’did auspend publication, while
management of The Georgian and New* contend* that ^Thjj N*w* haa
suspended, but Is being published In connection with’The OeoiglML. .,
that advertising contract* and agreements can be completed IA thh $****
blnetl paper*. _ a— l
We ave publishing the unexplrcd legal advertlaenicois tnst/baiiKV|J
The New* and will make HflWUv'U that they harp appeared )« Tbn^Qaacir*
glan and'New* f»»r thA legal nurnbet of times. / u.. . y ^
tend your leoal notiaea to Tha Georflian and N#«t.
h.
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